“…Internally, as in our 2014 study, key orga nizational priorities of ACOs have been trans forming primary care practices (Harris, Elizondo, and Brown, 2016) and strengthening care management and the engagement of allied health professionals (Shortell et al, 2014;Baloh et al, 2015;Pittman and Forrest, 2015;D'Aunno et al, 2016). Other more recent internal orga nizational trends include developing clinical integration tools across partners (e.g., shared medical rec ords) (Kim et al, 2017), improving care transitions (Hacker et al, 2014), and qual ity improvement activities (Balasubramanian et al, 2018). In the early phases of implemen tation, there has been relatively little emphasis on standardization of care delivery pro cesses across practices (Lewis et al, 2016).…”